of the cheeses selected are hand-made and aged by some of the world’s most renowned affineurs, such as Pascal Beillevaire, Marcel Petite, and Giorgio and Giacomo Cravero • Jeffrey’s Meats offers more than 100 cuts of meat and about two dozen different animals and, like an old-time street vendor, can rattle them off at breakneck speed (“elk, antelope, alligator, buffalo, emu...”) • Roni-Sue’s Chocolates is a must. Specialities include truffles like the Portly Fig, dark-chocolate ganache mixed with ground figs, burnt fig jam and fig vinegar; the Frida Kahlo, with Mexican cinnamon, coffee bean, Kahlúa and a darkchocolate centre • Don’t miss the brunch at Shopsin’s with its eccentric owner Kenny Shopsin and a seemingly infinite menu. www.essexstreetmarket.com
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Union Square Greenmarket Offers the finest selection of farm goods available, including fresh fruits and vegetables, cheese, fish, breads, pastries, herbs, honey, maple syrup, preserves, eggs, dairy products, meats and poultry, wines, plants, flowers ... • Allows producers to come from a roughly 200-mile radius, bringing the best from farms in rural Connecticut and the Garden State of New Jersey • Many specialty items can be found here such as fresh pheasant, wild boar, fingerling potatoes and fiddlehead ferns • People are perusing for Vera’s fresh-cut flowers, Breezy Hill Orchard apples and Buon Pane brick oven bread • Don’t miss the raspberry apple cider from Red Jacket Orchards in Geneva, New York. The orchard has been in the same family for almost 50 years and delivers picture-perfect
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